French Clean air sticker (1 Viewer)

[Indy259]

I have just received an e-mail confirming my request for a clean air sticker for my 2002 Ford Duetto. I requested a No 3 which is for my year, however they have printed a Yellow no 2 on the bottom of e-mail which is for a 1996/1997. Has any one else had this problem?

 

[Lenny HB]

Keep quiet No.2 is the lowest emmissions for a van better than 3.

 

[appydaze]

Their seems to be a conflict of information regarding whether disabled drivers with blue badge need a sticker or not.
Does anybody know?

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[The Nomad]

Keep yer mouth shut and just take that number they've issued you with!

https://www.crit-air.fr/en/informat...itair/who-will-get-which-critair-colours.html

 

[The Nomad]

Their seems to be a conflict of information regarding whether disabled drivers with blue badge need a sticker or not.
Does anybody know?

I've seen nothing to suggest anything other than that it applies to all vehicles.
As I understand it, the obligation to have a Critair sticker is upon the vehicle that is pumping out the pollution; the identity of the person driving it through that city centre is irrelevant.
A disabled driver driving a really old polluting van is just as polluting as anyone else driving that old van through the centre of Paris etc.
(The RAC website agree - saying that it applies to disabled drivers as much as to anyone else.)

 

[The Nomad]

One other thing to mention is that there have sprung up now several non-official websites pretending to the official one and offering to sell foreigners the Critair vignette at a helluva lot more cost that the official Government Critair site........all they actually do is to pass on the application to the real site and pocket the big difference between the official fee and their massively higher pretend "fee".
The official fee is set at only €3.70 plus postage, which comes to €4.80 total.

This is the real site; don't be duped by any others that might pop up ahead of it (due to them paying to get a higher ranking!) in a google search:-
https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/

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[chaser]

One other thing to mention is that there have sprung up now several non-official websites pretending to the official one and offering to sell foreigners the Critair vignette at a helluva lot more cost that the official Government Critair site........all they actually do is to pass on the application to the real site and pocket the big difference between the official fee and their massively higher pretend "fee".
The official fee is set at only €3.70 plus postage, which comes to €4.80 total.

This is the real site; don't be duped by any others that might pop up ahead of it (due to them paying to get a higher ranking!) in a google search:-
https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/

It's all French to me, looks like you have to have some sort of sticker to say you can't go in certain areas so what happens if you haven't got one?

 

[The Nomad]

It's all French to me, looks like you have to have some sort of sticker to say you can't go in certain areas so what happens if you haven't got one?

You get a big on the spot fine (the amounts are mentioned in the website), every time you are caught.

 

[Richard Birkett]

I think that the French (bless them) have adopted a different colour/numbering system to the Euro standard.

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[appydaze]

I've seen nothing to suggest anything other than that it applies to all vehicles.
As I understand it, the obligation to have a Critair sticker is upon the vehicle that is pumping out the pollution; the identity of the person driving it through that city centre is irrelevant.
A disabled driver driving a really old polluting van is just as polluting as anyone else driving that old van through the centre of Paris etc.
(The RAC website agree - saying that it applies to disabled drivers as much as to anyone else.)

Taken from the APH site......
Will disabled drivers need a sticker?
The official Crit’Air website says:
‘As per French decree Décret n°2016-847 from 28th June 2016 vehicles bearing a parking card for disabled persons need no Crit’Air Vignette. Parking cards for disabled persons are the same all over Europe so that vehicles of handicapped persons are recognisable

 

[The Nomad]

Taken from the APH site......
Will disabled drivers need a sticker?
The official Crit’Air website says:
‘As per French decree Décret n°2016-847 from 28th June 2016 vehicles bearing a parking card for disabled persons need no Crit’Air Vignette. Parking cards for disabled persons are the same all over Europe so that vehicles of handicapped persons are recognisable

The following is taken from the official Critair website:

"I have a disability: do I need an Air Quality Certificate ?
YES. An Air Quality Certificate must be affixed in applicable situations, even on vehicles that have a disabled person's parking card. However, people with a disability are not affected by traffic restrictions."

Here's a link to the exact page on the official French Government Critair website which includes the above statement:-
https://www.certificat-air.gouv.fr/en/foire-aux-questions

 

[Valleysboy]

Sheesh i didnt even know about this certificate needed for France, ' we love France 'we dont go into cities unless we muck up on the navi, we use road maps ' we enjoy the team work, i do driving and Helen does the navi' may i ask a dummy question,, how long do they last, yearly? im guessing, just looking at the links posted but havent found it yet, Oh and a Big Thankyou To You All out there for Great info on all aspects of motorhoming.

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[The Nomad]

Sheesh i didnt even know about this certificate needed for France, ' we love France 'we dont go into cities unless we muck up on the navi, we use road maps ' we enjoy the team work, i do driving and Helen does the navi' may i ask a dummy question,, how long do they last, yearly? im guessing, just looking at the links posted but havent found it yet, Oh and a Big Thankyou To You All out there for Great info on all aspects of motorhoming.

They are permanent.

 

[Deleted member 29692]

It’s a €4.80 one off payment. Less than the price of a crappy French beer.

Just get it and be done with it.

 

[Valleysboy]

Thankyou for the info , i also just read they are needed for Germany

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[TerryL]

Thankyou for the info , i also just read they are needed for Germany

Different one for Germany.

 

[TCG]

Thankyou for the info , i also just read they are needed for Germany

Is it the same sicker for Germany as it is for France or do i need another different one for Germany

 

[Valleysboy]

Is it the same sicker for Germany as it is for France or do i need another different one for Germany

As TerryL says different for Germany

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[Stealaway]

Are we still only talking about 3 or 4 certain areas requiring them?

 

[Pete5996]

The current information is here: https://www.crit-air.fr/en.html

 

[Badknee]

Are we still only talking about 3 or 4 certain areas requiring them?

It changes daily. There are other towns and cities 'thinking about it'

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[Badknee]

It’s a €4.80 one off payment. Less than the price of a crappy French beer.

Just get it and be done with it.

Yes, got ours. The only problem we had was scanning the V5 for them.

 

[pagey]

I have just received an e-mail confirming my request for a clean air sticker for my 2002 Ford Duetto. I requested a No 3 which is for my year, however they have printed a Yellow no 2 on the bottom of e-mail which is for a 1996/1997. Has any one else had this problem?

keep quiet i have a yellow sticker and mine is a euro 6

 

[Stealaway]

It changes daily. There are other towns and cities 'thinking about it'

OK which towns are demanding it?

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[Badknee]

OK which towns are demanding it?

Paris, Lyon, Grenoble for deffo. Now I've got mine I haven't followed it up.

 

[filopastry]

Keep out of city centres and you'll be OK, I have one on mine a class 4 and they are for the life of the vehicle, when they wear out the vehicle self destructs.

 

[G7UXG]

Euro 5. Got a yellow sticker. (Class 2)
Took about 2 weeks from application to receiving the sticker. Very good service I thought.

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[TinaLes]

This thread is confusing as some state they get group 2 or 3 stickers, some say they are yellow, so they are numbered and coloured are they?
Why does a Cat 5 van get the same colour yellow sticker at a cat 6?, it makes it sounds like all those new mods to the cat 6 engines, over and above a cat 5 have been a waste of time.
But there again we are talking about the French System I suppose.
Hopefully it will be clearer when I actually go the the site and apply for it, maybe

 

[Lenny HB]

This thread is confusing as some state they get group 2 or 3 stickers, some say they are yellow, so they are numbered and coloured are they?
Why does a Cat 5 van get the same colour yellow sticker at a cat 6?, it makes it sounds like all those new mods to the cat 6 engines, over and above a cat 5 have been a waste of time.
But there again we are talking about the French System I suppose.

I think you mean Euro 5 & Euro 6 (Cat 5 & 6 are anti theft ratings). Class 2 Yellow is the highest you can get on a diesel that applies to Euro 5 & 6.

 

[TinaLes]

Well spotted Lenny, it was Euro 5 & 6 I was referring to, thanks for posting the above chart, great help.

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